BARTA’s Large Animal Rescue Responder Module is part of a suite of courses designed to fulfil national operational guidance and national occupational standards for incidents involving animals.

It will equip delegates with skills to provide standard large animal rescue and relocation techniques in common operational environments.

Key areas of learning include:

  • Hazard identification – Managing animal and environmental risks
  • 6 R’s of animal intervention
  • Equipment familiarisation, operational advantages/disadvantages and maintenance
  • Large animal anatomy and rationale for rescue technique choice
  • Operational considerations for the casualty centred rescue
  • Implementation of team roles and underpinning knowledge
  • Safe systems of work, organisation of equipment and relationship with hazard zones
  • Manual Stropping Techniques; restricted and unrestricted space methodology
  • Rationale and techniques for improvised strop introduction
  • Options for high risk intervention techniques where persons are trapped with a large animal
  • Philosophy of lifting; advantages and disadvantages of lifting devices
  • Mechanical Lifting techniques; rescue and medical suspension
  • Considerations for rescues from; transportation; structures; entanglement; unstable ground

Module Details:

Duration: 5 days (Maximum 12 Delegates)

Location: BARTA Training Facility, The Horse Trust, Buckinghamshire or regionally based on suitable facilities.

Eligible candidates: This course is aimed at organised animal rescue response teams. 

Prerequisite: This course is initial acquisition and no previous experience is required to attend.

Available dates:

  • 11th – 15th May 2026
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